Bulls’ Rose signs 5-year, $94M extension

Just one more reason to love Derrick Rose:

“I think I live a humble life,” Rose said. “Of course, I know I’ll be able to afford whatever I want, but other than that, there aren’t too many things that excite me. Me winning is one of the things. Me being around my family, that’s another. Money, that’s the last thing I think about.”

“I put my goals very high. It might sound crazy sometimes, when I say the things that I say or the goals that I have, but it’s just for me to push myself. As a player, you never want to go out there and not give it your all, and that’s what I try to do almost every night, just go hard and try to excite people,” he explained. “Money, I don’t think it’s going to change me. If anything, it would have changed me by now, I think. Right now, with the salary that I’m getting, I’m able to get whatever I want. I don’t spend that much, I’m humble, I take care of others and it has a lot to do with my mom, making sure that I’m talking to her all the time — my brothers all the time — and they’re always talking to me, telling me to stay level-headed and just make sure that I provide for other people.”